Republicans at Inn Rousing Meeting in New Meadows
A large Sagadahoc gathering of Republican committeemen and leaders in New Meadows heard speeches from Hon. H. M. Sewall and Gov. Cobb among others. The event featured a midday dinner, remarks by Col. Parkhurst, and calls for unified campaign effort ahead of the elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Walter S. Russell
Henry G. Hodgdon
Andrew S. Merrill
Charles H. Oliver
Albert L. Strout
Edward E. Pinson
Henry R. White
Charles S. Brown
Rupert H. Baxter
Scott R. Frye
Arthur K. Purington
Arthur J. Dunton
Frank L. Staples
Edward W. Bridgham
Sherriff Wilbur C. Oliver
George W. Hunt
Bath
Frank S. Bowker
Charles W. Minott
Harry C. Webber
Phippsburg
James E. Fullerton
George W. Shaw
Charles Henry Butler
E. Reed Mains
Edward H. Carlton
William N. Beal
George M. Stinson
John C. Gilmore
Woolwich
L. H. Steele
Amandus Borjesson
William H.blanchard
Williams. Given
Roscoe Given
James H. Millay
Frederic H. Parkhurst
J. A. Roberts
A. M. G. Soule
Levi S. Pennell
Edward W. Wheeler
Governor’s Council
Col. Parkhurst
Sagadahoc
Harold M. Sewall
Cobb
Five Islands Visitor Notes and Local Events
A detailed local roundup from Five Islands lists arrivals and guests from Malden South Paris and Bath, including Mrs. Edith M. Maxwell and Miss Shaunnessy. The piece reports a boat fire near the wharf involving Arthur Berry’s motor boat, briefly describing the blaze and quick extinguishing efforts.
Local Jottings Stirring Political Pot And Town News
Miss Beulah M Ginnis returns from Boston. Myron Sprague visits from Poland Springs. Tug Seguin sails for Portland with the Iron Queen. Watchman Cressey eyes a new Commercial Street elevator. D J McGillicuddy and Cyrus W Davis plan rallies at Day's Ferry and Five Islands, hosted by A B Thwing. Capt Fessenden Chase funeral held in North Edgemont. services by Rev Omar W Folsom. Remains taken to Bath for interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Centre Street weed removal. Kelley Spear yard barge repair soon. Crow, pigeons spotted on Front and Water Streets with Mrs Fields and daughter from Newton visiting. Bath man sees 150 goats along a farm between Augusta and Hallowell. Allan Line notice limits stevedores to American and British subjects. City Clerk Grassy marries Clyde Norton and Maggie M Smith in Aldermen's room. Feldspar quarry boiler hauled for Cox's Head plant. mill to start grinding. Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias meets with officer installations and banquet. Columbia Theatre bookings announced for August shows. Bath boy profits from pond lilies by selling at six for five cents. Republican County Committee rents Chamber of Commerce room as HQ. Democrats establish Front Street city rooms. Boston visitors enjoy Otter Brook Farm outing from New Meadows by steamer, with a large party list.
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Cressey
Commercial St
D. J. McGillicuddy
Cyrus W. Davis
Day's Ferry
Islands
A. B. Thwing
Fessenden Chase
North Edgecomb
Omar W. Folsom
Bath
Oak Grove
Court House
Center St
Kelley Spear Yard
Augusta
Hallowell
London
A. J. Grassy
Clyde Norton
Maggie M. Smith
Phippsburg
Jack London
Brewster’s Millions
Lilly Pond
Heroic Rescue by Everett Chief Engineers Saves Boy at Sea
Joseph T. Swan chief engineer of the Everett Fire Department bravely rescued a five year old boy who fell from a nearby boat into Winnegance Bay. He jumped in with clothes on and swam with the child to the father’s boat, earning public thanks for timely action.
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Joseph T. Swan
Everett
Winnegance Bay
Mr. Swan
Chief Swan
Escapee Baker Recaptured After Thomaston Prison Alarm
Escaped convict Peter Baker alias Blair, who fled Thomaston May 28 during field work, was arrested in Fargo North Dakota after a telegram to a friend in Battle Creek Michigan. Baker, serving a three year sentence for assault in Oxford County, had completed six months. An officer will proceed to Fargo to return him to Thomaston State Prison.
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Frank J. Ham
Thomaston State Prison
New Meadows Inn
Fargo
N. D
Peter Baker
Blair
Thomaston
Baker
Battle Creek
Mich
Oxford County
Bath area notes quiet summer and river traffic
The Newenock brought a party from down river to Bath on Thursday morning. A dog constable killed two dogs struck by cars Wednesday. A pleasant summer with few flies and mild weather. Moonlit large boat parties from Bay Point visited Bath theatres. Tug Pejepscot left for Stonington with Barge 2 to load stone for a Sound port. Steamer Southport resumed service after a trip to Camden for a new propeller blade. Corliss Street Sunday school held Bible study and meeting Friday evening. Recorder Hunt bound over Joseph Tardiff for probable cause in a South End larceny case to October term. A Bath child noted corn growing silk in a field. A North End woman took poison Thursday but was saved by timely medical help.
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Newenock
Down River
Bath
Emmons
Bay Point
Pejepscot
Swett
Stonington
Southport
Camden
Corliss St. Sunday School
Joseph Tardiff
S. J. Court
South End
Augusta
Lundrigan
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H. M. Sewall
Gov. Cobb
Parkhurst
New Meadows
Sagadahoc County
Charles B. Randall
Grove
Inn
Frank S. Adams
Bowdoin
Adams
Edwin M. Brown
Topsham
Register of Deeds
Uriah A. Jack Topsham
T. W. Skelton
Bowdoinham
C. W. Jack
Richmond
G. H. Wortham
Georgetown Committee
Harry J. Rich
West Bath
David W. Scribner
Maine State Prison
Robert A. Hodgdon
Natalie
Warner R. Lewis
Hodgdon
Malden
Mass
Lewis
Edith M. Maxwell
South Paris
Ida H. Rowe
Edward P. Allen
Oakland
Idlewild Lodge
Nehemiah Boynton
England
J. Ernest Quimby
Brookline
Henry Rowe
Irene Stevens
Old Town
Josephine Blaisdell
Elbridge Southard
Cedar Street
L. H. Rowe
Belmont
Shaunnessy
Burns
Quimby
I. P. Quimby
John Wentworth
Lizzie Beal
Gladys
Windham
Clarence
J. T. McMahan
Dr. Burrows
George McKenney
City Hospital
Nora’ Marr
Harbor View House
Allen Gove
Emily
John Macauley
Trevett
Otter Cliff House
J. P. Lewis
Boston
E. F. Lewis
Harry Reid
Frank Luce
Carrie F
Charles Snowman
Joseph Dunton
Leslie Sweetland
Natick
Newell Cooper's
Dog Fish Head
Arthur Berry
Eugene Rowe
Monhegan
Frank Knowlton
Beulah M’ginnis
Myron Sprague
Poland
Seguin
Portland
Iron Queen
Republican County Committee
Chamber of Commerce
County Committee
Front St
Elm
Otter Brook Farm
North Harpswell
H.C. Blaisdell
P. J. Lyons
Jack Harvey
Edwards
William
Thompson Bros
J. T. Swan
Maine
North End
Percy
Maslin, Ratine
Gingham
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